Overview —“ Steal This Album, the third effort by System Of A Down, is made up of tracks which leaked on the internet after the release of Toxicity and so the band decided to finish up these tracks and release them in their final forms. Just from this description, …

Jay-Z
“Imaginary Player”
In My Lifetime, Volume 1
Roc-A-Fella Records
Jay-Z spends a lot of time at a lounge with his homeboy and producer Damon Dash during most of this official third single and music video “Imaginary Player” from his second album “In My Lifetime, Volume 1″, following “(Always Be My) Sunshine” and …

The band Deicide is a metal band that are horrible. What they sing about I have no idea because there is not one song that I can understand by them, yes it is metal music but still there are a lot of bands out there where you can figure …

The Holiday Collection - Volume III CD is a collection of Christmas music that was sold to benefit the City of Hope. I don’t honestly remember how I got a hold of this because I don’t have the first two volumes. Volume 3 is very nice though. …

A very fast song from the start as the lead guitar pumps up the volume of the praise song and as Joel Houston sings. He was sounding hoarse voice here but it is still okay because he is doing it with all his heart and what his soul can …

I am not a fan of soul music, but the reason I know of the music group “The Stylistics” is because they are one of my father’s favourite music groups and he would play their music over the years.
A couple years ago, one of my father’s good friends gave …

Om shanti om :- Its has been directed by farah khan, Music is by shekar and lyrics are from Javed Akthar . The music is mixed with both high energetic pepi numbers and slow soft romantic numbers. Darde-disco has already become the chart buster, mein agar kahon is a …

Artist: Destiny’s Child
Video: Bootylicious
Album: Survivor
Label: Columbia Records
Director: Matthew Rolston
“Bootylicious” is the second single and music video from Destiny’s Child’s third album titled “Survivor”, following the last single and music video “Survivor”. Matthew Rolston directs this time around and everything looks somewhat like a badly-ripped off clone of Christina Aguilera’s …

Tangled Up In Blue is a song by Bob Dylan which appears on his record Blood On The Tracks. I’m not exactly sure but I believe Tangled Up In Blue is one of the more well known Dylan tracks and it’s certainly a good song too so it deserves …

Grutu is a song by MGMT which appears on their debut album, Climbing To New Lows. What I like about Grutu right away is that the intro of the song has an interesting tone to it, one that I don’t think any of the other songs on this …

The Song Roses For Momma by Red Sovine is a song about a little boy who’s momma has died and he wants to buy her flowers for her birthday. This song makes me think of how selfish kids are today. I haven’t seen my dad in fourteen years because …

Goodies by Ciara featuring Petey Pablo is a song I like a lot because it makes me want to dance and it also talks about it is hard for a guy to get the goodies from a girl because some of us are not going to give it up …

Chemicals is a track by Scars On Broadway which is on their self-titled debut record. I’ll say right now that although I like the song itself, I’m not a huge fan of the studio version and would certainly recommend a live version over the studio version. Throughout this entire …

This is my favorite post-Beatles solo album. I also really enjoy John’s Plastic Ono Band, and Paul and Linda’s Ram, but All Things Must Pass is so trancendentally amazing that no other release comes close. I have a copy on vinyl that I got from my dad’s old records.
A …

The sleak flloyd rose guitar from Aria is an amazing guitar and suits a range of people, from beginners to advanced. It’s crafted fretboard is easy for a range of techniques from bending to tapping. It’s weight isn’t that bad, ideal for carrying round a stage etc. The paintwork …

The Day The World Went Away is a song by Nine Inch Nails which appears on their album The Fragile. The track opens up with a very brooding and dark atmosphere created by a synthesizer and a sound that most Nine Inch Nails fans should be familiar with. After …

I was going through a music spree yesterday, just youtubing good music and I came across this song. I love country and Jason Aldean, so finding this song and falling in love with it was not really a surprise for me but a lot of things in this song …

“Fun, Fun, Fun” is one of the best known of The Beach Boys’ 1960s hit songs, and it has kept what I think is a deserved popularity right up to the present day. It is a short song, at only two and a third minutes in length, and it …

“Amada”
Performer: Boston
Since listening to Boston’s “More Than A Feeling”, I have been on the prowl to find more of their music and I came across (what appears to be a power ballad) “Amanda”. The song “Amanda” is the first song off of their third album, “Third Stage”.
Again, I’ll confess …

Early Mornin’ Rain is a cover performed by Bob Dylan which appears on his record Self Portrait. The song starts off with a very lighthearted feel as most of the instruments all come in at once and a harmonica takes the lead spot for the intro of this track. …

Overview —“ Side I of The Who’s second album, A Quick One, is a pretty nice mix of traditional sounding songs, more energetic rock and roll songs, humorous songs, and just downright strange songs. I think that a lot of this mix is due to how the songwriting on …

This is a very special album by a very special band, at least to me. This was actually the first Sonic Youth album I ever listened to. And the music on this album attracted me. It drew me into an entirely different world. I got really interested in the …

It isn’t uncommon for actors to make the jump from screen to a musical career, most of the times with a disastrous ending after a few hits (anyone remember Lindsay Lohan?). Well, on 2007 sexy Scarlett Johansson decided it was her turn to get her very own record but …

Overview —“ Rust In Peace, Megadeth’s fourth album, is considered the band’s greatest achievement and it’s also my personal favorite album from the band. For one thing, Dave Mustaine and Marty Friedman never sounded so good together as they do on this album, the way that Friedman’s solos work …

Good Times, Bad Times is a song by The rolling Stones which appears on their record 12 X 5. The song opens up with an acoustic guitar pattern along with a harmonica lead over it which gives the song overall a very folk rock sound. Jagger comes in with …

It is difficult to overestimate the impact and quality of this record. The remarkable achievement that this record is should be considered in the context at which it was released. If an album like this was released in 1991, it would not have been a great album, but, as …

Rejoyce is a song by Jefferson Airplane which appears on their record After Bathing At Baxter’s. Just as a note, the title of this track is spelled as “rejoyce” rather than “rejoice” to pay homage to writer James Joyce, the author of Ulysses. The song starts off with a …

House Of The Risin’ Sun is a traditional song which is performed by Bob Dylan on his self-titled debut record. I’m sure that just about everyone has heard some version of this song, whether it be the original or just a cover of it from some artist as it’s …

On Korn’s 1998 third album they hired Tod Mcfarlane to do the album artwork, the have a number of guest musicians including Fred Durst, Ice Cube, Tre Hardson of Pharcyde. The hidden track at the end of the album there is a cover of the Cheech and Chong song …

I like finding new old recordings. If I can find an early recording of an artist that I like, I’m ecstatic. Recently I found “Trav’lin’ Light” featuring Peggy Lee and I was in my element. I listened to it twice in a row and enjoyed it immensely both times. …

I can’t even begin to explain the excitement that I felt when I heard that Opio from the Hieroglyphics crew would be dropping a solo release. He has always been one of my favorite rappers from the Hieroglyphics crew. The first time I heard word of his solo album …

Roxette have always been privileged to have a bit of a unique stance in the overall musical landscape. While their sound is definitely classed as pure pop music, they have always had just enough edge to appeal to the rock market too and are one of the only pop …

Danse Manatee is the second record released by Animal Collective. Following Spirit They’ve Gone, Spirit They’ve Vanished, the best way I can summarize this album is that it actually seems to be a decline and a step down in songwriting unfortunately. Though Danse Manatee does certainly have its moments …

Tikiwid is a song by Animal Collective and the second track on their 2006 EP entitled People. In contrast to the previous title track on the EP, Tikiwid returns the band to a more traditional sound which actually has a solid structure and a proper vocal performance. After listening …

Rebel Of Babylon is a song by Metallica and is the fourth and final unreleased song from the Death Magnetic sessions recently debuted at the Fillmore in San Francisco, California. Opening up with a clean guitar part that Hetfield sings over, I’m slightly reminded of a modern version of …

Artist: Mase
Video: “Feel So Good”
Album: Harlem World
Director: Hype Williams
Ah yes, the good old shiny suit days of Hip Hop and R&B. “Feel So Good” was the first official single and music video from Mase off of his debut album “Harlem World”, it is perhaps the best music video off …

Hey Hey What Can I Do is a song by Led Zeppelin which appears on their record Coda. Just as a note, this song doesn’t appear on the original version of the album but it is included on a reissue of the record and was originally put out as …

As a big fan of international music, I try to expand my collection every so often with a “big hit” CD that I’ll have hours of enjoyment listening to. It’s a much better experience when I’m able to discover a CD that contains lots of different voices, tons of …

Bruce Springsteen’s Greatest Hits CD definitely contains some great songs: ‘Born to Run’, ‘Thunder Road’, and ‘Atlantic City’ among them. It also includes the first release of the awesome ‘This Hard Land’. I am a huge Bruce fan, so it almost pains me to say that this collection should …

Bassists look for the same things when they buy a bass guitar: beefy tone, comfortable feel, great versatility, and of course, a killer look! I had all of these things in mind when I went searching for a new bass guitar. I have recently become busy with …

It is my dream to travel around the world and if someone asks me what CD I will bring when I travel, I will answer : Jason Mraz’s third album - We Sing. We Dance. We Steal Things
Yup, in this new album, Jason Mraz really brings a travel spirit, …

I can remember when I was still a child in the nineteen nineties and electronic dance music was very popular. I can remember certain music groups in particular had multiple hits such as La Bouche and others had maybe about one or two and I don’t remember hearing …

“No Need To Argue” was a natural evolution from their previous album. The Cranberries recreated exactly what they’ve achieved on “Everybody ” except they did it on a different scale. Stronger, angrier, longer, the album has that self-confidence “Everybody ” lacked. Supposedly this mixture was the one which rocketed …

There are eighteen tracks that are packaged in albums titled, Back Again … No Matter What. Fifteen songs from the entire contents of this album, is the old songs of their property, the arrangement is not much different from the album The Best of those who were given the …

No Sunlight is a song by Death Cab For Cutie which appears on their album Narrow Stairs. The track opens up with bass, guitar, and drums exchanging in an interesting enough rhythm before a piano also joins in with a subtle but incredibly helpful line. The vocals soon join …

Waving My Arms In The Air is a song by Syd Barrett which appears on his second solo record, Barrett. Barrett starts singing right when the track starts up and has the instruments come in gradually after him rather than vice versa. A nice steady rhythm in established which …

Nirvana Unplugged is a music concert featuring the band Nirvana as they play some of their songs acoustically. The show is over 1 hour long and is set in New York, played before a small audience. Nirvana is composed of three members - Kurt Cobain on vocals and guitar, …

In March of 2010, Dreamworks released How to Train Your Dragon; a film about a boy named hiccup on a viking island where killing the dragons which raid the city is almost everything. Hiccup, however, is no ordinary boy and, unlike everybody else, is not strong and does have …

Distance is a song by Andrew Jackson Jihad and is the fifth song on their 2011 release, Knife Man. Opening up with a fast and aggressive rhythm guitar part, the song reminds me far more of the second track on the record, The Gift Of The Magi 2, far …